Here's a pretty cool idea. Since Carnival Cruise Lines has suspended all its voyages because of Coronavirus, there are dozens of ships just sitting unused. Carnival has offered up its ships to use as floating hospitals, in areas where there aren't enough beds/treatment facilities amid the Coronavirus outbreak. The ships would be used for non-COVID19 patients.
“With the continued spread of COVID-19 expected to exert added pressure on land-based healthcare facilities, including a possible shortage of hospital beds, Carnival Corporation and its brands are calling on governments and health authorities to consider using cruise ships as temporary healthcare facilities to treat non-COVID-19 patients, freeing up additional space and expanding capacity in land-based hospitals to treat cases of COVID-19,” a news release said.
If needed, the ships could be quickly converted into temporary hospitals to treat non-COVID-19 patients, and would have the ability to provide up to seven intensive care units in the ship’s medical center, all equipped with central cardiac monitoring, ventilators and other key medical devices and capabilities, according to company officials.
What a great idea. Way to step up, Carnival!
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